Avi Benonolo

Avi Benlolo, in the newspaper Toronto Star that provides articles to citizens in Canada, constructed an article called How to stop the spread of anti-Semitism, that suggests that in order to stop the spread of Anti-Semitism across the world, people need to be fully educated on the Holocaust. To support his claim, Benlolo gives examples of Anti-Semitism in modern day, saying “The internet multiplies the power of conspiracy theorists by allowing them to easily find each other and share their hatred with like-minded and susceptible souls. Questions about whether or not the Holocaust really happened, or whether the Jews have inflated the numbers of those murdered, abound” (Benlolo 1). The author’s purpose for the article was to persuade people
This forms a compelling relationship between the authors and readers as Benlolo uses strong evidence to support his advice. Particularly, I chose this media form because I think it illustrates exactly what the impact of the Holocaust is on society. News articles such as this one are full of opinions which are needed when analyzing how influential the genocide was in the treatment of Jews. In connection to my GRQ, this newspaper article shows me that people are very worried that the Holocaust is not having enough effect on generations now. As my question addresses how the view of Jews has changed since the Holocaust, this article proves that it has not changed enough. The Holocaust did alter things for the Jews in the past since people were aware of exactly what happened. But, things are different now in modern day, in which the author illustrates this saying “In this age of social media, Holocaust denial and distortion has increased significantly. Gone are the days when a few loonies ranting about Jewish schemes and plots could be easily ignored by the sane and educated